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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Vellore City , Tamil Nadu, India}}<br />
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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Katpadi<br />
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| settlement_type = Vellore City <br />
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| pushpin_map = India Tamil Nadu<br />
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| pushpin_map_caption = Katpadi, Tamil Nadu <br />
| coordinates = {{coord|12.973400|N|79.136900|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Vellore District]]<br />
| subdivision_type3 = [[City]]<br />
| subdivision_name3 = [[Vellore]]<br />
| established_title = <!-- Established --><br />
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| parts_type = [[Taluka]]s<br />
| parts = Katpadi [Vellore North]<br />
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| governing_body = [[Vellore Municipal Corporation]]<br />
| leader_title = Mayor<br />
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| unit_pref = Metric<br />
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| elevation_m = 245<br />
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| population_density_km2 = auto<br />
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| demographics_type1 = Languages<br />
| demographics1_title1 = Official<br />
| demographics1_info1 = [[Tamil language|Tamil]]<br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +5:30<br />
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]<br />
| postal_code = 632007<br />
| area_code_type = Telephone code<br />
| area_code = 91 416<br />
| registration_plate = TN 23<br />
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency<br />
| blank1_info_sec1 = Arakkonam<br />
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency<br />
| blank2_info_sec1 = Katpadi<br />
| blank3_name_sec1 = Civic agency<br />
| blank3_info_sec1 = [[Vellore Municipal Corporation]]<br />
| website = <br />
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}}<br />
'''Katpadi''' ({{IPA|ta|kaːtpaːdi|pron}}) is a locality in the northern part of [[Vellore]], in the [[States of India|state]] of [[Tamil Nadu]], India.<br />
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==Politics and geography==<br />
Once a village, Katpadi was upgraded to a [[local self-government in India|panchayat]] town, with its own ''[[taluk]]'' office. It has a major [[Katpadi (State Assembly Constituency)|assembly constituency]] which is part of [[Arakkonam (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref>{{cite web<br />
|url=http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S22/TN_ACPC.pdf<br />
|title=List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies<br />
|access-date=2008-10-08<br />
|work=Tamil Nadu<br />
|publisher=Election Commission of India<br />
|url-status=dead<br />
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081031131000/http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S22/TN_ACPC.pdf<br />
|archive-date=2008-10-31<br />
}}</ref><br />
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== Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) ==<br />
The [[Vellore Institute of Technology|Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT)]] is in Katpadi. In 2010 it was ranked as one of the best private engineering universities in India.<ref>VIT Ranking in India Today: https://www.indiatoday.in/best-colleges/photo/best-engineering-colleges-in-india-363831-2010-06-16</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/itslideshow/6110881.cms | work=The Times Of India | title=Vellore Institute of Technology}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050405171833/http://www.tradewingstravel.com/tamilnadu/vellore.jsp]<br />
* [http://www.hivellore.com/explore/traintiming.htm Katpadi traintiming]<br />
{{Chennai - Suburban Railway, West|Katpadi|Seevur|Latteri|41|129.37}}<br />
{{Chennai - Suburban Railway, West South|Katpadi|Seevur|Latteri|41|129.37}}<br />
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[[Category:Vellore]]<br />
[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Vellore]]</div>
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